Bradenton is a city in and the county seat of Manatee County,Florida,United States. As of the 2020 census,the city's population is 55,698. Downtown Manatee is along the Manatee River and includes the Bradenton Riverwalk. Downtown Bradenton is also home to the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature.
The 2006 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Bill Nelson won re-election to a second term.
Keith Fitzgerald is a former Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 69th District for two terms from 2007 to 2010.
Florida's 13th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress on Florida's Gulf Coast,assigned to Pinellas County. The district includes Largo,Clearwater,and Palm Harbor. In the 2020 redistricting cycle,most of St. Petersburg facing Tampa Bay was redistricted into the 14th district,while the rest of Pinellas County formerly in the 12th district became included in the 13th district.
Vernon Gale Buchanan is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 16th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party,he first entered Congress in 2007,representing Florida's 13th congressional district until redistricting. His district is anchored by Bradenton.
Mark G. Flanagan is a Republican politician who formally served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1994 to 2002. He represented the 68th district,encompassing west Manatee County and a small segment of southern Hillsborough County.
Michael S. Bennett is an American politician from Florida who is a member of the Republican Party. He served as a member of the Florida Senate representing the 21st District from 2002 to 2012. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2001 to 2002.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Florida took place on November 2,2010,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Kenneth L. Roberson is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 75th District,which is based in Charlotte County,including the communities of Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte from 2012 to 2016,he previously represented the 71st District from 2008 to 2012.
The 2014 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 4,2014,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Florida.
William Gregory Steube is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district since 2019. His district is based in Sarasota. A member of the Republican Party,Steube served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Sarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016,as well as two years in the Florida Senate until 2018,representing Sarasota County and the western part of Charlotte County.
Patrick Erin Murphy is an American businessman,accountant,and politician. A Democrat,he served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 18th congressional district from 2013 to 2017. He is a former Republican,having switched parties in 2011.
Thomas "Tom" Gallen,Jr. is a retired Florida state legislator and circuit judge.
Jim Boyd is a Republican politician and a current member of the Florida Senate,representing the 21st District,which includes northern Manatee County and southern Hillsborough County. Boyd previously represented the 68th District from 2010 to 2012 and the 71st district from 2012 to 2018.
Ray Pilon is a former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 72nd District,which includes northern Sarasota County,from 2012 to 2016,and the 69th district from 2010 to 2012. Pilon unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for Florida Senate District 23 in 2016,placing 4th,and was his party's unsuccessful nominee for his former seat in 2018,losing to Margaret Good.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Florida was held November 8,2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Florida,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primary elections for both the Republicans and Democrats took place on August 30,2016.
Michael J. Grant is an American Republican politician who serves as the Majority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives. He has represented Florida's 75th district since 2016. From 2004 to 2008,he represented the 71st district.
Carlos Miguel Beruff is an American real estate developer and a Republican politician and donor. On March 1,2017,Governor Rick Scott appointed him chair of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission,a body that meets once every 20 years to propose amendments to the Florida Constitution.
The 2018 Florida Commissioner of Agriculture election occurred on November 6,2018,to elect the Florida Commissioner of Agriculture. Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Democrat Nikki Fried narrowly defeated Republican Matt Caldwell. Fried became the only statewide elected Democrat in Florida,as U.S. Senator Bill Nelson,who had held Florida's Class I U.S. Senate seat since 2000,lost reelection. As of 2023,this remains the last time that a Democrat has won a statewide election in Florida,and the only time since 2012.This is also the last time they won the job of Florida Agriculture Commisioner as well Nikki Fried is the last Democrat to hold any elected state Agriculture Commissioner office in the US.
Joe Gruters was the Chairman of the Florida Republican Party from 2018 to 2022,and is a member of the Florida Senate representing the 22nd District,which consists of Sarasota County and part of Charlotte County. He was previously a member of the Florida House of Representatives. Earlier in his career,Gruters worked on the campaign of U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan as campaign manager and was vice chairman of the Republican Party of Florida and chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota.
